Hello Daniel,

also thanks for your answer. Your second hint with msfds proxy: it can be applied also for homedirectories/homes shares? Because it seems like just whole share redirect (directly from configuration file) to another server/share.

I think that maybe this can be applied on virtual server, but this statements need to be added for everyone user in organization... so it is little more laborious, but in result we can use the most simple url for every user in form \\virtual.filesrv\user. And in configuration there should be:

[user_on_B]
msdfs proxy=\\hostB\share-on-B

or

[user_on_A]
msdfs proxy=\\hostA\share-on-A

it is correct understanding of msdfs proxy?

thanks

michal


thanks

michal

On 12. 1. 2012 12:04, Daniel Müller wrote:
Hello,
just use a cluster file system or ex:
your host A has all the homes/shares of your users. Make it a host
msdfs=yes and define a root dfs on it for all share that should be unique
on both hosts.
Host B is linked by msdfs proxy=\\hostA\share-on-A.

That should do

Good luck
Daniel

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:28:42 +0100, Michal Bruncko
<michal.brun...@gmail.com>  wrote:
Hello list,

we have two samba servers on two localities with bigger distance between

them. On both localities there are organizational staff working. And I
am trying to configure homedirectories for all of staff in this way:
- all users will have same beginning part of URL path where is their
homedir located (i.e. \\files.example.com\loginname) for unification and

central acces
- but because the lower speed link between both localities there is need

to locate homedirs:
   -- for locality A - on server A on that locality
   -- for locality B - on server B on that locality

fine, thats are requirements. So I have decided to use MSDFS in
combination with [homes] in this way:
- on server A (which will acts as "files.example.com") there will be
homedirs MSDFS links for users on locality B pointed to their real
homedirs on server B (with classic symlink syntax "user_on_locality_B"
->  "msdfs:IP_of_server_B\user_on_locality_B" )
So if user Bob from locality B will access its homedir, it will be
transparently redirected from Server A to its homedir on closest server
B.

this is nice theory. but in practicle, is this feasible with current
version of samba 3.x?
What is the best practicles for cases like this mine? Is there any way
for dispatching homedirs to two/more servers?

thanks

michal
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